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Edwards: HISTORY WILL NOT END HERE
Znet Article, January, 23 2002
David Edwards
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"Ha ha ha to the pacifists", wrote Christopher Hitchens in November, as Kabul fell to the combined might of U.S. bombers, the Northern Alliance, and the BBC's 'Simpson of Kabul'. A month later, the victory celebrations continue tirelessly (almost ...
Mastrolonardo: Trade Unions, Berlusconi and the Italian press
Znet Article, January, 23 2002
Raffaele Mastrolonardo
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In a lucid article appeared on January 15th's edition of la Repubblica, the second largest Italian newspaper, sociologist Luciano Gallino analyzed the strategies employed by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to limit trade unions' power....
Edwards: In The Land Of The Blind A One-eyed Lion Is News
Commentary, January, 22 2002
David Edwards
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After weeks of silence, ITN has finally acknowledged some of Afghanistan's terrible suffering in its TV broadcasts.
Krugman: A Fiscal Fantasy
Znet Article, January, 22 2002
Paul Krugman
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I want to share a fantasy with you. Trust me: it will explain everything you need to know about the budget debate. ...
Mackinnon: Warlords imperil Afghan peace
Znet Article, January, 22 2002
Mark Mackinnon
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Kandahar, Afghanistan -- The fragile peace in Afghanistan was in jeopardy last night, as warlords in the south and west of the country massed troops for battle and the threat of inter-ethnic violence loomed large. ...
Publisher*: CONSPIRACY AND CRISIS
Znet Article, January, 22 2002
Aram Publisher*
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At the dawn of the year 2002, there are many indications to the effect that the Kurdish question is once again about to become a prominent issue in international mediatic discourse. Talk of an imminent US attack on Iraq has now made the Kurdish fa...
Fisk: Congratulations, America.
Znet Article, January, 22 2002
Robert Fisk
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Taken to a remote corner of the world where they may be executed, where the laws of human rights are suspended. Sounds to me like the Middle East. Shackled, hooded, threatened with death by "courts" that would give no leeway to defence or innocenc...
Bacon: The Coca-Cola Killings:
Znet Article, January, 22 2002
David Bacon
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After the leader of their union was shot down at their plant gate in late 1996, Edgar Paéz and his co-workers at the Coca-Cola bottling factory in Carepa, Colombia, tried for more than four years to get their government to take action against the...
Amayreh: They Came In The Night
Znet Article, January, 22 2002
Khaled Amayreh
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It is 1.30am on 10 January and the streets are quiet and cold at Rafah refugee camp, at the southernmost edge of the Gaza Strip. The roar of tanks is growing louder as they approach and residents are rising in their beds, sensing that something te...
